Checkpoint for Monday 3 October 2022

6:07 PM.Two term Auckland mayor Phil Goff is hanging up the chains this election. The former Labour leader and cabinet minister has spent more than 40 years in local and central politics.

Goff led the city… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.It is too early to start thinking about Christmas, right? Wrong, if you are in New Plymouth.

There is a converted milking shed on the outskirts of New Plymouth where it is Christmas everyday.

Our… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.It's the school holidays and families appear to be making the most of it by getting out and about.

It's been nearly three months since the border re-opened and some of the tourist towns that… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.There's a hole lot of trouble brewing in Tauranga - over allegedly vicious pot holes plaguing motorists and pedestrians alike; twisting ankles and knackering tyres.

And some are taking to a bit of… Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.The plastic phase-out has begun, with polystyrene food and drink containers and PVC food trays now banned. If businesses are found to be deliberately flouting the new rules, they could be fined up to… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Across the ditch there will be no official winners or losers in junior rugby league in fact no score kept at all in a significant shake up of the sport in New South Wales.

In a plan reportedly signed… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.A spate of recent ram-raids in Kāpiti has left business owners on edge and feeling ignored by authorities. 

Paekākāriki Village Grocery Store is the latest to be targeted in the early hours of… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Surprise maintenance closures are heading down the tracks for Auckland train passengers and the disruption to commuters will last years.

Rock foundations under several lines around the city need to… Read more Video, Audio